Responses of tomato seeds to osmoconditioning as related to temperature and oxygen

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 377-384

  Ozbingol N ^a   Corbineau, F ^a   Come D ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Osmoconditioning; Oxygen; Priming; Seed germination; Temperature; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031717764     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s096025850000430x     Document Type: Article

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